Improvement in counting-register



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Letters Patent No. 95,389, dated September 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN COUNTING-REGISTER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GERARD SIeKnLs, of Boston, in the count-y of Suolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved NumberingRegister, of which the following is a full, clear', and exact description, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, making apa-rt of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a planview of my improved register;

Figure2 is a section ot' the same;

Figure 3 is a section of the lower plate;

Figure 4 is a plan, the top plate being removed;

Figure 5 is a plan of the bottom plate alone;

Figure 6 is a sectional view of the line yy in iig. 5; and

Figur-e7 is a detail view of the spring which actuates the rings.

Like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several figures.

The -natixre of my invention consists in the construe tion of the mechanical devices by means of which the concentric. rings are .consecutively moved. in proper order.

Referring to the drawings- B represents a lower plate, in which is a series of grooves or recesses, e c, formed by means of the upwardly-projecting rims ff.

One-tenth part of each of the rims f is set out from. the remaining portion, as shown at g g in iig. 5, so as to form cams for a purpose hereinafter' to be explained.

In the bottom plate is a slot or opening, h, through which project the free ends of curved springs ir', suitably attached to the under side of the plate B, and extending to the heightof the rims ff, for the purpose of holding the rings iri'place.

These springs may be otherwise suitably attached to the plate B, if found desirable.

(l (lv represent a series of rings, provided with downwardly-projecting flanges or rims n n, asshown in section in iig. 2.

In the lower edge of the rim of each ring O are ten notches or. openings, corresponding with which there are numbers from l to 10 on 'the upper surface of each (gm the under side of each of the rings O, and directly beneath the space designated 9 0, is attached a spring, fm, the free end of which comes opposite the side of'the notch at the gure 0.

The spring 'm is providcd'with a slight inward projection, as shown at 2 in iig.'7,'and is so constructed and arranged, that as it passes by the cam g, it will be moved inward, so as to engage with a corresponding slot or opening in the next inner ring, and move the fname along the distance of one-tenth part of its circumference, or a space equal to that between each figure, where it will remain, until, by the revolution of the ring', the spring is again brought into action.

Instead of the .cams being made to act laterally upon the spring lm, they may be arranged to act vertically on the same.

A is the cover, consisting of a thin'metal plate, and

secured to the bottom plate B in any suitable manner.

It is provided with a suitable opening for exposing a figure on each ring C, so as to'forrn the proper combination of figures.

As shown in the drawings, the outer ring represents y units, the next one, tens, the next, hundreds,.and the inner one, thousands, iu which case motion is imparted to the outer ring in any suitable manner. By placing the opening in plate A on the opposite side, the inner ringwonld represent units, the next one, tens, and so on, in which case motion would ne imparted ,tothe innel' ring, and the interior arrangement of springs, 86e., would be correspondingly changed.

The operation is as follows:

Motiorr'being imparted to the outer ring by its connection with any suitable apparatus, the ring will move once around, registering the units. When at thefigure 9, the spring m will be caused, by the cam, to engage with the notch iu'- the next inner ring, thus moving the latter one figure, where it will remain until again moved at the succeeding proper p'oint, and so the motion is transmitted from one ring Jto-the next inner one, until the capacity of the rings is exhausted.

Any number of rings may be employed, according to the extent of numbers it is desired to register.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf- 1. The' combination and arrangement of springs 'i on plate B, with the notched rings O, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. A

2. 'llre segmental annular cams g, in combination with rims f ou'plate B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination and arrangement of springs m with rings O and cams g, substantially as and for the purpose described.

'In testimony whereof', I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two `subscribing witnesses.

GERARD SICKELS.

\Vitnesses:

C. D. Wnrcrr'r, M. S. G. WILBE. 

